PRESS STATEMENT BY SENATOR OKIYA OMTATAH ON THE PUBLIC DEBT CASE RULING
Fellow Kenyans,
Today, the High Court delivered an important ruling in our public debt case.
The Court upheld the @IMFNews claim of diplomatic immunity and struck it out of this petition. While we respect the Court’s decision, accountability for Kenya’s debt burden cannot end there.
We are preparing a separate legal challenge to the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1963, against the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to ensure all actors involved in Kenya’s debt processes are subjected to proper scrutiny.
Most importantly, the Court rejected attempts by the Attorney General and other respondents to have this case dismissed. The judges ruled that our petition will proceed to a full hearing on its merits.
The Court also dismissed applications by the former Auditor General, former Controller of Budget, the current Auditor General, and the current Controller of Budget seeking to shield themselves from these proceedings.
This is a significant victory for transparency, accountability, and the Kenyan people.
We will amend our petition as directed by the Court and return on 22nd July 2026. Our mission remains unchanged: to establish how Kenya accumulated trillions in public debt, how the funds were utilized , whether the public benefited and whether the law was followed at every stage.
This case is about protecting the future of our nation and the interests of every Kenyan taxpayer.
We remain focused, determined, and committed to seeing it through.
God Bless Kenya.
#DeniBandia #OdiousDebt
Kenyans are being asked to pay more taxes through the Finance Bill 2026, yet the 2026/27 Budget hides KSh 101.37 billion under a vague item called “Other Operating Expenses.” No programme. No purpose. No accountability.
Before taxing Kenyans another shilling, Parliament must clean up the budget. We cannot finance opacity with taxpayers’ sweat.
See attached
#StopBudgetedCorruption
https://t.co/YI18RIv1nC
“There was a time we had 90 million turnover and we had to pay back 22 million per year for the stadium, I couldn’t sleep because we had to qualify for the champions league to pay back the money. We had to sell our best players. Other clubs came in with lots of money but we were on the same level from 2007 to 2016”
Arsene Wenger
Mluyha wa buibui aliongelesha polisi vibaya akapata retweets.
Sasa clout imeenda chini akajaribu kudrag the good name of Emeritus Maraga Wakenya wote hadi wale wana support Museveni wakamwambia Khabusie!
I don’t have designated running paths in my estate I have to compete with motorists
I have patients waiting for surgery but can’t afford it because the facility stopped taking SHA due to non payment
I have undergrads on strike at the uni because the university has no money for their learning materials
I have kids who have chosen not to show up to uni because the new funding model has spiked the uni fees to unaffordable levels
I finished school at a time when government had stopped direct posting only for me to open a kiosk to sustain myself and now your beloved KRA and government are demanding and obscene amount of money that I have never seen yet my accountant has been paying taxes
Now the same greedy beloved government of yours has closed all our hardworking business for two days because their greed has no limits
So honestly I don’t know what you are telling me to be honest 🙏
Now with all due respect f* you and your beloved government thanks and good day .
KE 🇰🇪 This may be your reality very soon. The government just changed what's in your fuel. Quietly.
From April 30th, the petrol and diesel at every pump in Kenya has 5x more sulphur in it than it did last month.
Here's what that means for your car. 🧵